The judoka needs to be equipped with highly combat skills and a wide range of abilities, be skilled in a large number of standardized and automated attack and defensive tactical actions, but, most of all, the trainer must pursue the operational intelligence’s development.

The judoka is the performer of tactical thinking, which they need to understand and accept, to actively and creatively participate in preparing tactics and putting together attack and counterattack tactical actions, by relating to the competition experience and opponents encountered.

During training, the trainer has to set out the objectives along with the athlete that the latter needs to achieve and create combat situations requiring a creative solution by making effective and fast decisions. Tactical abilities for the coach – athlete couple can be checked in friendly competitions in order to adjust the responses obtained for grand competitions.

Simona Pop - Medalia de aur la Jocurile Olimpice de la Rio de Janeiro din 2016 cu echipa Naţională de Spadă a României / Gold Medal at the Olympic Games from Rio de Janeiro in 2016 with the Romanian National Épée Team

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Campionii noştri - Our champions

Vlad Ghețe - Campion european cu echipanaţională de minifotbal a României în 2015 / European Champion with theRomanian National Minifootball Team in 2015